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May 17
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📰 Here's your round-up of top #CarbonDioxideRemoval News / Developments from this week (11 May - 17 May 2026):

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Crew Carbon raised $25M to scale wastewater treatment and CO2 removal tech.
spglobal.com/energy/en/news…

Green Finance Institute launched CDR Catalyst, unlocking $1M+ loan financing for Restord’s UK biochar project.
restord.earth/news/restord-s…

Planet Savers secured ¥100M in grant funding from Mitsui’s Co-creation Fund.
mitsui.com/jp/en/topics/2…

@inplanet_earth achieved a second verified credits issuance milestone for its ERW project in Brazil.
dispatch.com/press-release/…

UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero selected 15 DAC projects for £55M in pilot funding.
gasworld.com/story/desnz-se…

Re. green issued its first 36,877 Verra-verified carbon removal credits from restored forests in Bahia.
linkedin.com/posts/congratu…

Government of Meghalaya established first community biochar unit in Northeast India to enhance soil health and CDR.
biochartoday.com/news/governmen…

@CascadeClimate launched the Bedrock Initiative to scale ERW research globally.
cascadeclimate.org/bedrock-initia…

Frontier approved Rainbow as a carbon credit issuer for eligible CDR pathways.
rainbowstandard.io/news/frontier-…

Frontier Infrastructure Holding secured validation and expanded future CDR credit sales for its biomass removal project.
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

New Zealand updated VCM guidance and launched a framework for assessing novel carbon removals.
environment.govt.nz/news/new-tools…

@Isometric_HQ’s Mangrove Restoration Protocol became the first blue carbon protocol approved for CCP-labelled credits.
linkedin.com/posts/isometri…

@CO2Council released a roadmap to scale carbon removal investment in Latin America.
carbonbusinesscouncil.org/news/latam-inv…

Wren launched its 2026 RFP, offering up to $500K for ARR, blue carbon, and methane reduction projects. Deadline: 30 June 2026
wren.co/blog/2026-requ…

The Clean Energy Ministerial CCUS Initiative and Mission Innovation CDR launched Carbon Management Project Awards for CCUS and CDR projects. Submission deadline: 07 June 2026
cleanenergyministerial.org/call-for-nomin…

The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft CBAM rules that would recognise Article 6 credits when calculating the carbon price paid in exporting countries. Deadline: 10 June 2026
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bette…

Ocean Conservancy and partners released recommendations for mCDR field experiments.
oceanconservancy.org/newsroom/press…

@ClimeFiHQ released a report on corporate net-zero claims and carbon removals.
climefi.com/reports/the-gu…

Abatable released a new whitepaper on building resilient carbon removal portfolios.
landing.abatable.com/building-a-res…

@RockyMtnInst identified three emerging trends driving CDR scale-up beyond voluntary credits.
rmi.org/not-just-volun…

@CRIAEarth and BioFlux released a white paper highlighting biochar’s large-scale CDR potential in India.
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May 17
NATO war game ended with Russia cutting off the Baltics in 24 hours — because Germany froze politically while the US stayed out.

Retired Ukrainian Gen. Romanenko, playing Russia’s commander, says NATO’s biggest weakness was not troops but hesitation, FP. 1/ Image
Scenario assumed a ceasefire in Ukraine by late 2026.

Russia rebuilt forces, left troops in Belarus after joint exercises, then used a “humanitarian crisis” in Kaliningrad as justification for escalation against Lithuania. 2/
“Russian” plan focused on speed. 12,000 troops advanced from Belarus while forces from Kaliningrad moved east.

To link up near Marijampole and cut the Baltics off from Poland through the Suwalki Gap within 24 hours. 3/
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May 17
Here it is:

The story no one is telling in full.
The opening acts are over.
Here’s what’s actually unfolding.

Act 1: The Bond Market Breaks
Japan’s 30Y hits an all-time high yield.
US 30Y crosses 5%.
UK gilts at their highest since 2008.
This isn’t a glitch.
This is the world repricing sovereign debt simultaneously.
For 40 years, bonds were the safe haven.
The place you parked value when everything else was uncertain.
What happens when the safe haven isn’t safe?
Act 2: The Carry Trade Unwinds
For decades, Japan borrowed at 0% and bought the world.
US treasuries. US equities. Global real estate.
Now Japanese yields are rising.
That money has to go home.
August 2024 was a tremor.
We haven’t felt the quake yet.
When the carry trade fully unwinds — trillions in assets get sold to cover positions.
Who’s buying?
Act 3: China Watches
Trump leaves Beijing with nothing.
No trade breakthrough. No help on Iran.
But Iran let Chinese vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
China didn’t need Trump’s deal.
China already made its own.
While the US debates debt ceilings, China is quietly building the alternative — trade routes, commodity deals, bilateral agreements that bypass the dollar entirely.
BRICS isn’t a threat yet.
But it’s building the infrastructure to become one.
Sound familiar?
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May 17
To no surprise, GL is still using this same fraudulent stamp that features their registration number, conveniently missing one digit. This time, it's to manipulate not the Verkhovna Rada, but the Uman city council, who let them build a tombstone-looking stele on their grounds. Image
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I guess it's not exactly out of character for our fake commander of the fake legion. One wonders when Ukrainian authorities will stop ignoring the reports about them they have been receiving for years and actually apply the laws to this character and his little mafia. Image
At least, unlike the monument on the AI-generated picture that GL misleadingly posted 6 months ago, this stele has a physical existence. In fact, the square itself is not anywhere to be found, depite the announcement. Image
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May 17
Roseanne Barr @therealroseanne famously says, "It's all one big yank" meaning that major power structures are all interconnected in a massive, rigged deception or con job.
1)
Apple Lamps asserts that Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are controlled by Iranian-born billionaire Joe Kiani because the Kiani Family Trust donated $100,000 to Protect Freedom PAC, which has supported Massie.
2)
Protect Freedom PAC, operated by former Rand Paul staffers, also received $7.5 million from Jeff Yass, a prominent Jewish libertarian billionaire, showing mixed donor sources rather than singular control
3)
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May 17
1/ Ukraine's massive penetration of Moscow's air defences is sparking a great deal of gloomy and angry commentary from Russian warbloggers. The military-technical Telegram channel 'Atomic Cherry' warns of an escalating trend of Ukrainian capabilities. ⬇️
2/ "As an interim observation, I will note that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for the first time in years of the conflict, have succeeded in destroying a number of targets in the Moscow region:

1) Solnechnogorsk loading station;
2) Angstrem JSC enterprise;
3) Elma Technopark;
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4) Transneft oil storage facility;
5) Kapotnya oil refinery.

There are a number of statements and testimonies about hits on other targets as well, but listing them all makes no sense. The trend is clear without this.
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May 17
5. The Story of Prophet Abraham or Ibrahim (A)

A Quatrain Poem🧵in 10 parts Image
Abraham grew up in a land full of idol worship called Babylon,
where pagans bowed to false gods like men, the stars and sun.

As a boy Abraham saw his father, Azar, carving idols out of wood,
bowing to useless statues, even trying to feed them as if he could!
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He told his father to stop the Shirk, as idols couldn’t see or hear,
Azar told him not to disobey or he’d stone him to make him fear.

Azar shouted, “Worship your father’s gods!” but Abraham didn’t sway,
saying he would pray for his father, he said “Peace!” and went away.🧵2/10 Image
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May 17
🧵 Righteousness exalts a Nation — Not just words.
Prayer: Father, Thank You for reminding Your people that it is righteousness — not mere words, not political victories, not outward religious activity — that truly exalts a nation.
Sin remains a reproach, no matter who is in power…
…LORD, we ask that You breathe fresh life and power into this message today. Let Proverbs 14:34 pierce hearts: “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Cause many believers to examine themselves honestly…
Read 9 tweets
May 17
Scoop from Jewish Onliner: The media spent weeks crying about the two "flotilla activists" detained by Israel.

The IDF said they were linked to Hamas, but the media didn't care.

Turns out the flotilla's own website said the same thing — before they deleted the evidence 🧵 Image
Saif Abukeshek, one of the detained "activists" who also owns a company that owns dozens of the flotilla vessels, was identified on the flotilla's own website as a secretariat member of the PCPA.

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned PCPA in Jan. 2026 as a Hamas fundraising operation. Image
After Treasury's designation, the Global Sumud Flotilla quietly scrubbed Abukeshek's PCPA affiliation from his biography, a change @JewishOnliner caught using the Wayback Machine.

The October 2025 archive has it. The current site doesn't. Image
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May 17
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “NOMEN EST OMEN

Latin for ‘Your name is your destiny.’

Today, people will tell you that this is probably not true, but the way it was meant in Ancient Rome was more collective rather than individual.
1)
It was said about the Jews sometime before the war against the Jews in Eretz Yisrael and before the Temple (Beit Hamikdash) was destroyed by Roman legions.
2)
At that time, of 6.2 million Jews — 10% of the Roman Empire — two-thirds of the Jewish people lived outside Israel, mostly in Southern Italy, North Africa, and what is now Turkey. Jews had a reputation as educated, literate, hard-working, and serious, and
3)
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May 17
4. The Story of Prophet Shelah or Saleh (A)

A Quatrain Poem🧵in 10 parts Image
The Thamud tribe lived in Arabia doing Shirk just like the Aad,
these giants also bowed to idols and over time their hearts grew hard.

Like the Aad giants ruined before them, they built massive rock homes,
carving them into mountain sides by skilfully cutting stones.
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Allah chose Saleh from among them, calling to worship Allah Alone,
the Thamud said Saleh was bewitched; a liar to be left on his own.

When things turned rotten they blamed Saleh for bringing bad luck,
saying he may have been a Chief: if to the old pagan ways he had stuck.
🧵2/10 Image
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May 17
Modern roasting requires precise convective to conductive ratios. Higher fan speed (static pressure in pascals) shifts the energy mix to forced convection, driving heat to the bean core rapidly without risking surface scorching or structural tipping. (1/3) 🧵 Image
Each bean is insulated by a stagnant boundary layer of air and moisture. High velocity convective airflow thins this layer to reduce thermal resistance. Too much velocity, however, strips heat from the drum environment, stalling the rate of rise. (2/3)
Near first crack, beans rapidly release water vapor and CO2. Airflow must be calibrated to evacuate these exhaust gases immediately. Insufficient volumetric flow at this stage stalls heat and traps smoke, introducing negative phenolic notes. (3/3)
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